Trying2Pass - I am kind of scared to do that, partly b/c I don't want to know the results (I'm scared) and partly b/c I don't know how accurate it is. I'm a
Hi everyone~ I took my exam this morning. It stopped at 75 questions. I don't feel very good about it. I felt like I didn't know anything of what they were asking me. Meds I had never even heard...
Well, less than 2 days til the NCLEX. I have taken 2 100 pt practice tests this morning (got 78% on each) and am about to take another one. A little nervous, but not too
Hi everyone! A little update... Have been studying hard for the past 2 weeks, completed the 4 day drexel review class - found it very helpful. Have been doing 150-200 questions per day - studying a...
Hi Everyone! Thank you so much for all of your input, thoughts, etc. Yesterday I completed day 1 of a 4 day Drexel review. It is good. Is the afternoon I started to panic - actually had a mild panic...
Daryl - thanks for the info on the NCLEX-RN Gold Q&A. So, I have been doing at least 150 questions per day. I used Saunders book & computer quizzes, Mosby's NCLEX cards and the Kaplan...
RN2B123 - you sound a lot like me. Also, I'm sure, like you, my anxiety is causing me to not do so well on my practice questions. It is possible to overstudy. Maybe take a day or two off, clear your...
Hi Everyone - thank you for your great advice. I have upped the # of questions I am doing per day to 150. It's just frustrating b/c sometimes I do really well on the practice questions and sometimes...
Hi! Ok, I have been assigned (I didn't choose this topics) to present a needs conference on the topic of "Nursing Care of the Mentally Ill". It is to be a 15-20 min presentation to my clinical...
Hi. Not sure what # you are on the waitlist, but it is possible. People's lives change and they drop. The first person dropped during the 2nd week - she realized she just could not handle it. After...
Hi all. It's been a while since I have been here. I am starting my 4th (AND LAST) semester in the nursing program August 31st and will graduate in December. Woo Hoo. Someone asked a question...
Hi everyone! I am going to graduate in December from nursing school. YEAH! I have been working on my resume so that I have it all done and ready before school starts back up in August - I heard from...
That is so true I think that is why I don't find studying w/the others in this particular group effective. Some aren't strong students. The last thing I need to do is pick up their
I have 1 friend and that is what we do, and to be honest, it works for me. She comes to my house, we study for about 5 hours, then she goes off to study w/the group and I study on my own - love it!!!...
dvas00: clinical days are 1 day per week and are from 6:30 am to 3:30 pm. Regarding the medication-calc exam, you take it each semester and you have to get 90% to pass. If you don't get 90% on the...
Thank you Scuttles! I am just a little frustrated right now. I do fine studying on my own, but I "think" I need to study with a group. I get 86-90% on my exams, but I feel the pressure to be part of...
This is an old post, but it helped me a lot. I am in my 2nd semester of NS and I do feel pressure to be part of a study group. I have 1 good friend that I study with and it is very helpful, but then...